time to snuff the candle out /
on each other’s chests /
at the spot we believe the heart lives /
pounding on the ribb’d door /
still waiting for a shout /
drop the curtain like a toy guillotine /
on the frequented scene /
it doesn’t take much weight /
to cleave colour from form /
just a plastic seam where the molds met /
a millimetre of rough blade /
scraping through painted fancies and tinted light /
do we get a prize on the final day? /
a take home bag for a deserved end? /
our pupils turn white /
the sun was here for what seemed a day only /
it’s not dark /
it’s not black /
it’s not dimmed /
it’s the back of our heads staring forward /
props for some future lesson /
sliced out of the ground
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